KAIROS Analysis of the 2012 Federal Budget
April 3, 2012
Provisions of the 2012 federal budget have important implications for several KAIROS priorities, including justice for Indigenous peoples, and ecological sustainability as well as the quality of Official Development Assistance. Equity for Indigenous Peoples in Canada The budget announces…
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Media Advisory – Torture and Abuse Survivors Urge Canada to Help Stop Human Rights Violations in the Philippines
March 29, 2012
Toronto/For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 WHO: Human rights defenders from the Philippines working in alliance with a cross-Canada network of churches, community groups and human rights and development organizations, including KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives and the United…
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Philippine Human Rights Defenders Bring Concerns to Canada: Canadian Tour
March 27, 2012
March 27th – April 16th From March 27th – April 16th, three Philippine human rights defenders will be touring across Canada to raise awareness about the grave realities of human rights violations occurring within a climate of impunity in the…
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Le temps de KAIROS : mars 2012
March 27, 2012
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Passez à l’action pour le droit à l’eau!
March 26, 2012
Le 22 mars est la Journée mondiale de l’eau. Or le Canada n’a toujours pas adopté de Politique nationale pour assurer la sécurité de l’eau sur son territoire. Le Canada est aussi l’un des deux seuls pays, à l’Assemblée générale…
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Indigenous Human Rights Defender Killed in Mexico
March 23, 2012
KAIROS is saddened and deeply troubled by the recent murder of Bernardo Vásquez Sánchez, an Indigenous Zapotec community leader and human rights defender from Oaxaca, Mexico. This most recent example of the escalation of violence and increase in threats and…
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Take Action on World Water Day 2012!
March 22, 2012
Today, March 22, is World Water Day. Yet Canada has still failed to implement a National Water Policy which would ensure the safety of Canadian water. Canada is also one of only two countries at the United Nations General Assembly…
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International Day for the Elimination of Racism: UN Committee calls for an end to discrimination against Indigenous peoples in Canada
March 21, 2012
In 1966, to commemorate the killing by police of peaceful anti-apartheid demonstrators in South Africa, and to promote an end to racism in all its forms, the United Nations designated March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of…
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UN Committee calls for “comprehensive strategy” to uphold the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada
March 15, 2012
The United Nation’s highest body for combating racism is urging Canada to take comprehensive action to end discrimination against Indigenous peoples. In a report released this week, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern over Canada’s…
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KAIROS Times: March 2012
March 12, 2012
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Nota Bene de Heritiers de la Justice: Message de Héritiers de la Justice à l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la femme
March 9, 2012
Investir dans la femme rurale et la jeune fille pour un avenir meilleur Il est un être que, le 8 mars de chaque année, le monde entier met à l’honneur. Il s’agit de la femme, cet être qui est, à…
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Happy International Women’s Day
March 8, 2012
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our…
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Nota Bene de Heritiers de la Justice: Message de Héritiers de la Justice à l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la femme
March 7, 2012
Investir dans la femme rurale et la jeune fille pour un avenir meilleur Il est un être que, le 8 mars de chaque année, le monde entier met à l’honneur. Il s’agit de la femme, cet être qui est, à…
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Worship in Celebration of Earth Day
March 7, 2012
A complete Earth Day worship service! This resource features everything you need to plan a meaningful and interactive worship in your community focussing on climate justice and Indigenous rights.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
MEDIA ADVISORY: Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz
February 28, 2012
Download PDF For Immediate Release Thursday, February 23, 2012 (Toronto) On January 24, 2011, Mexican Catholic Bishop Samuel Ruiz died at the age of 86. He had been a bishop for 51 years, including 40 years in the Diocese of…
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Le temps de KAIROS : février 2012
February 28, 2012
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New Study Calls for Transition Away from All Fossil Fuels, Including Tar Sands
February 27, 2012
The front page headline in the February 21 Globe and Mail screamed “Science rides to aid of oil sands.” The story purports to show that a leading Canadian climate scientist indicates that “oil-sands emissions are not the dark-shirted villain some…
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Le débat sur le pipeline Gateway: des enjeux fondamentaux
February 23, 2012
Le projet de pipeline Gateway de la société Enbridge, qui comprend deux oléoducs devant relier le nord de l’Alberta à Kitimat, C.-B., en traversant des terres autochtones, soulève des problèmes fondamentaux de justice sociale et écologique. La construction du pipeline…
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Le Canada doit engager Israël à reprendre les négociations de paix dans le cadre du droit international
February 22, 2012
13 février 2012 PDF de téléchargement Récemment, le ministre canadien des Affaires étrangères s’est rendu au Moyen-Orient, une initiative admirable dans une région qui a tant besoin de paix. KAIROS-Initiatives œcuméniques canadiennes pour la justice est d’avis que le gouvernement…
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JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Committee urged to examine discrimination against Canadian Indigenous peoples
February 17, 2012
“On February 22 and 23, Canada’s record on combating discrimination will be examined by a high level body of the United Nations. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the independent expert body that monitors compliance with…
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Canada must urge Israel to resume negotiations for peace within International Law
February 13, 2012
Download PDF of this article >> Recently, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs travelled to the Middle East, an admirable thing to do in a region so in need of peace. KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives believes that the government of…
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Thoughts and prayers go out to the families following road accident in Southwestern Ontario
February 7, 2012
On the evening of Monday February 6, eleven people died as a result of a traffic accident near the community of Hampstead, ON when a truck collided with a van at an intersection. The driver of the truck and 10…
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Canada Lutheran December Issue dedicated to their social justice work through KAIROS
February 7, 2012
Uniting, Deliberating, Advocating. War, hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation. These are just some of the reasons we support Kairos.
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Ontario Chiefs Letter to CRC in support of Youth Ambassadors to UNCRC
February 6, 2012
“Dear Committee Member: I am writing to demonstrate my support to both the delegation of Indigenous youth ambassadors from Canada travelling to Geneva this week, and to their request that a Special Rapporteur be appointed to address ongoing human rights…
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AVIS AUX MÉDIAS: Le Canada doit accorder des droits égaux aux enfants des Premières Nations, affirment des jeunes autochtones au Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies
February 3, 2012
Pour diffusion immédiate le 1er février 2012 Toronto ― Six ambassadeurs de la jeunesse autochtone des quatre coins du Canada rencontreront le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies (UNCRC) la semaine prochaine afin de lui demander instamment…
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Kairos Times: February 2012
February 2, 2012
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada Must Give First Nations Children Equal Rights Indigenous Youth Tell United Nations Committee on Rights of the Child
February 1, 2012
For Immediate Release 1 February 2012 (Toronto) Six Indigenous youth ambassadors from across Canada will meet with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) next week to urge to the UNCRC to pressure Canada to end…
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Fundamental Justice Issues at Stake in Gateway Pipeline Debate
January 25, 2012
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, comprising two 1,170 kilometre pipelines from northern Alberta across Indigenous lands to Kitimat, BC, would carry 525,000 barrels a day of diluted bitumen from the tar sands to the west coast for export, and return 193,000…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights